“I am a person at peace with the world; this is reflected in my paintings.”
In a short documentary about her newest exhibition, “Maybe So, Maybe No”, Can Goknil says this one is special – because “we had been stuck in our homes, wouldn't see anyone, couldn’t even if we wanted to. Because of the virus, because of the fear of the virus, because of lockdowns.”, she enjoyed being cooped up at home with herself and her husband. She was working on two books.
Goknil has conducted a lot of research on Turkish culture and origin myths, as well as creation myths and protection spells and the first Turkish painters. She says that even though she has spent time abroad in the US as a student, she did not know her own culture at the time as an immigrant.A publisher she met at the time recommended that she explore her own culture, advice she took to heart. It was only when she returned to Türkiye and dug in that she felt more knowledgeable.
She marks the passing of time with her paintings with pendulums attached: “They represent the ticking of time, the passage of time,” she says. Goknil has been painting for more than 50 years: “In 2018 there was a retrospective exhibition here [at Bozlu Art Project] marking my fiftieth art anniversary,” she smiles. “Add another four years, and I’ve been at it for 54 years.”Goknil, a prolific painter, is also a writer of more than 60 children’s books.
“Goknil has created themed exhibitions since the 1970s, and this one is no different,” Inay Erten observes. “It is about time and mythology intertwined.”
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